• Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Languages
  • Genealogy
  • Shop
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Languages
  • Genealogy
  • Shop

Forename etymology discovery – Mélissaire and Mélius

Many of us who conduct genealogical research occasionally stumble upon a few odd forenames (given names).

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook

Filed Under: Descriptors, Free People of Color (FPOC), Genealogy, History, Language, Names, Slavery Tagged With: 1777 Census Attakapas, Adrien Mercier Désirée, Adrien Mercier St Martinville, Alexandre Joseph Declouet, André Mercier St Martinville, Charles Pétion Francisque, Charles Pétion Francisque Declouet, Creolization, Édouard Navarre Rochon, Félicité Francisque, Francis Declouet, Francisque Declouet, François Fondal, free people of color Louisiana, gens de couleur libres Louisiana, griffe libre, griffone, griffonne, griffonne libre, Jean Baptiste Benoît Declouet, Joseph Fondal, Kourí-Viní, Louisiana colonial census, Louisiana Creole linguistics, Louisiana Creole people, Louisiana Creoles, Louisiana linguistics, Louisiana slave emancipations, Marie Anne Masse Declouet, Marie Louise Favrot Declouet, Marie Magdeleine Declouet Rochon, Mélisœur Francisque Declouet, Mélissaire Francisque Declouet, mulâtre, mulâtresse, Nanette Masse, quarteron, quarteronne

Physical descriptors

“What he look like?” We’ve all heard this question in some way in the US in the 20th and 21st centuries. Usually, folksRead More

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook

Filed Under: Descriptors, Language Tagged With: admixture, Alek Wek, bay, blan, blood quantum, Channing Tatum, David Luíz, Dean Baquet, Denise Boutté, Désirée Glapion Rogers, Djimon Hounsou, Elle de Génères, Gabrielle Union, Genuwine, grif, griffe, human races, Jimmy Graham, katron, katronn, Latin descriptors, Latin Louisiana, Louisiana, Louisiana Creole, Marie Thérèse Carmélite Anty, milat, milatrès, Mitch Landrieu, mulâtre, mulâtresse, nèg, nègre, négrès, négresse, Physical descriptors, quarteron, quarteronne, Racialization, Shawanda Lewis, Valerie Jarrett

Louisiana Myths: The Octoroon

On 20 December 2010, I rather haphazardly chimed in on a segment of NPR (National Public Radio) News called How Multi-Ethnic People IdentifyRead More

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook

Filed Under: Clichés, Descriptors, History, Identity Tagged With: Adéline Swayze, Arthur Pellerin, Aspasie Broussard, carteron, carteronne, couleur libre, cuarterón, cuarterona, de couleur libre, Ernest St. Julien, femme de couleur libre, fille de couleur libre, Francisco Caso y Luengo, Françoise Elvina Pinta, gens de couleur, grif, grifa, griffe, griffon, griffonne, grifo, homme de couleur libre, india, indo, Irène Caso y Luengo, Joseph Fortuné de Penne, Louisiana octoroons, Louisiana quadroons, Marie Thérèse Carmélite Anty, mestiza, mestizo, métif, métis, métisse, métive, mulata, mulato, mulâtre, mulâtresse, nègre, nègre griffe, négresse, négresse griffe, Numa Julien, Octoroons, Pearl Broussard, Quadroons, quarteron, quarteronne, quarteronnée, quateronné, quateronnée, tierceron, Victoire Lemelle

Categories

Navigate

  • About
  • Cart
  • Checkout
  • My account
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Genealogy
  • Languages
  • Contact

Copyright © 2025 · LHCV · Site Designed by ASBA Creative Studio

Facebook/Language Facebook/History YouTube Instagram

 

Loading Comments...